Month: May 2008
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Ka Isue, Kaiso, Calypso?
“Calypso is my weapon,” sings the Mighty Gaby from Barbados. Dr Richard Allsopp a Caribbean linguist would have probably agreed with the sentiment but not Continue reading
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Prime Minister Golding’s Gamble
It is a sad reflection on the fraternity of home-grown journalists, when Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding had to journey all the way to London Continue reading
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Divining The Roots of Crime
Bedfellows On the surface, nothing links Jamaica’s collapsed Cash Plus alternative investment scheme, the debacle of the exposé of Spanish company RIU flouting its municipal Continue reading
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If it’s a Sandals- RIU showdown, let’s play fair!
The big boys over at the Jamaica Observer have something to crow about. The Observer, under the same ownership as the rival Sandal’s resorts, has Continue reading
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Private bank and IDB to provide $200m risk sharing facility
The Caribbean’s businesses will soon benefit from a new Risk Sharing Guarantee Facility agreement being jointly spearheaded by FirstCaribbean International Bank and the Inter-American Development Continue reading
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Jamaican Runner in Top Five Fittest Women
Mary Kay Mullally Four and a half million viewers of ABC TV’s Good Morning America met 47 year-old MaryKay Mullally on May 1st, one of Continue reading
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Ivan’s Gold Teeth
Preparing for his gold teeth. Ivan Harris was not a very smart man. Anyone who would ask a dentist to remove all his good teeth Continue reading
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A Peace Corps Volunteer’s Tale, Part IV
Falmouth… waiting for soemthing to happen… The next week, back in Kingston, I went to the Ministry office, met with the program supervisor and had Continue reading
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No need for a Jamaica Defence Force
So Trevor MacMillan has been appointed Jamaica’s new National Security minister and his predecessor, Derrick Smith, will become the Mining and Telecommunications minister. Meanwhile, Clive Continue reading
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The State of Israel – 60 years on
Israeli soldiers praying at the wailing wall. “…And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon Continue reading